A.scrape all round, Hp. ap. Gal.19.130 ; scrape off or away, “φλοιόν” LXX Wi.13.11, cf. Gal.2.653; nibble at, “ἄκροισι . . στομάτεσσι δαῖτα” Opp.H.3.525 :—Med., scrape oneself, Diocl.Fr.141, Alex.Aphr.in Top.455.25:—Pass., Hp.Mul.2.192 ; περιξυομένη γῆ drilled out by a borer, Apollod.Poliorc.149.3.
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